Saturday, May 03, 2014

CHRIS BROWN BACK IN JAIL FOR PROBATION VIOLATION

According to CNN Chris Brown must stay locked up
in the Los Angeles County jail for at least another week while his
lawyer negotiates with the prosecutor about his probation violation, a
judge said Thursday.

Brown attended a hearing
Thursday wearing an orange jail suit, just hours after a cross-country
trip from Washington to Los Angeles on the federal government's inmate
transport system, informally known as "Con Air."

"He's doing remarkably
well under the circumstances," Brown lawyer Mark Geragos told CNN. "It's
a challenging situation to be in."

Geragos and Assistant
District Attorney Mary Murray agreed to hold talks over the next week
concerning Brown possibly admitting that he violated his probation. If
that happens, it will be announced at a hearing next Friday. Otherwise,
the judge will set a date for a trial on his probation revocation.

"I'm hoping we get it resolved and we get it resolved quickly," Geragos said after the hearing.

Geragos said he would also file a motion to have Brown released from jail, which would be considered at the May 9 hearing.

Brown, who turns 25 next
Monday, spent most of the past week traveling back to Los Angeles
following a delay in the start of his trial on a misdemeanor assault
charge in Washington.

U.S. Marshals, who took
Brown from the Los Angeles County jail for extradition to Washington
four weeks ago, handed him back to Los Angeles Sheriff's deputies just
hours before Thursday's hearing, according to Deputy U.S. Marshal Laura
Vegas.

Brown's probation for the
2009 beating of ex-girlfriend Rihanna Fenty was revoked after his
Washington arrest. He's spent the past six weeks in custody and previous
five months in court-ordered rehab.